Parents April and Magdi Ibrahim had already flagged down a passing motorist to get to the hospital.

‘The nurses were wonderful’

'I was gripping hold of everybody and knew the baby had to be delivered right here,' Ms Ibrahim said.

Her husband, who is a doctor at the hospital, added: 'I was very scared... it was as if all of my medical experience had gone.

'The nurses were wonderful.'

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust head of midwifery Nicola Parry said: 'It was great to see how Chloe, Dalton, Sasha and Alix responded so calmly in such circumstances to help deliver the baby safely.